“A robin redbreast in a cage
Puts all Heaven in a rage.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 5
“Call for the robin redbreast and the wren,
Since o'er shady groves they hover,
And with leaves and flowers do cover
The friendless bodies of unburied men.”
Act V, scene iv.
The White Devil (1612)
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Source: 1800s, Auguries of Innocence (1803), Line 29